Wisconsin's luckiest lottery towns
WISCONSIN (CBS 58) -- Wisconsin just awarded its biggest jackpot in history after a West Allis man claimed his Powerball prize last week.
If you want to be Wisconsin's next big winner, CBS 58's Lindsey Branwall looked over the numbers to find the luckiest places in the state.
The Pewaukee Corner Pump is still buzzing, two years after they sold a winning $150 million Powerball ticket.
"We've gained a reputation for being a place to go for the lottery," Pewaukee Corner Pump owner Ed McMahon said.
The Wisconsin Lottery has recently nicknamed the state "Winsconsin" since the $768 million Powerball ticket was sold in New Berlin and claimed last week by Manuel Franco of West Allis.
"I honestly felt so lucky that I did look at the camera and I wanted to wink at it because I had that lucky feeling," Franco said in a press conference where he came forward to claim his prize.
"The ripple effect of a ticket being sold at a gas station is it just creates an amount of excitement around that gas station, that 'is that gas station the lucky gas station now?' 'Should I buy my tickets at that gas station, now?' We've seen that but, then certainly that can go away and another gas station will win in the future and suddenly that's the lucky gas station," Wisconsin Lottery Director Cindy Polzin said.
Polzin says sales increased three-fold after Speedway sold Franco's winning ticket.
CBS 58 decided to take a closer look to find Wisconsin's luckiest places, sorting through every lottery winning over $600 for nearly 10 years from 2010 through March of 2019. Manuel Franco's win was not on the list because he hadn't yet come forward.
To see how your city ranks based on the amount of winning tickets sold and the total amount of all those winning tickets, please click here.
Top 10 Locations (by number of winning tickets sold):
WOODMAN'S FOOD MKT #16 MADISON |
156 |
MARATHON MINI MART MILWAUKEE |
135 |
KEEFE AVE MOBIL/SAHEJ LLC MILWAUKEE |
106 |
S & V PETROLEUM INC MILWAUKEE |
99 |
KORNELI'S MAIN STREET EXPRESS FOND DU LAC |
99 |
HANSENS BP FOND DU LAC |
93 |
WOODMAN'S FOOD MKT #14 BELOIT |
92 |
SENTRY FOODS #2839 MILWAUKEE |
88 |
WOODMAN'S FOOD MKT #20 MADISON |
86 |
PICK N SAVE #6845 MILWAUKEE |
65 |
Top 10 Locations (by greatest amount won):
PEWAUKEE CORNER PUMP PEWAUKEE |
$156,234,100 |
A & I SERVICES LLC MILWAUKEE |
$22,746,858 |
PIGGLY WIGGLY #037 RACINE |
$8,023,125 |
KWIK TRIP #417 OCONOMOWOC |
$6,365,928 |
LAKESHORE LIGHTHOUSE LLC KEWAUNEE |
$4,010,600 |
PUSWINDER LLC SHEBOYGAN |
$3,632,000 |
RITEWAY PLAZA SPRING GREEN |
$3,120,236 |
CARDINAL SERVICE INC HARTLAND |
$3,071,013 |
FESTIVAL FOODS GREEN BAY |
$2,981,781 |
KWIK TRIP #742 OSHKOSH |
$2,802,500 |
Top 10 Cities (by # of tickets):
| MILWAUKEE | 8,595 |
| RACINE | 1,895 |
| MADISON | 1,679 |
| KENOSHA | 1,231 |
| WEST ALLIS | 971 |
| WAUKESHA | 930 |
| FOND DU LAC | 929 |
| JANESVILLE | 844 |
| GREEN BAY | 839 |
| APPLETON | 830 |
Top 10 Cities (by greatest $):
| PEWAUKEE | $157,341,236 |
| MILWAUKEE | $67,869,452 |
| MADISON | $28,292,793 |
| RACINE | $21,634,676 |
| GREEN BAY | $11,914,577 |
| KENOSHA | $10,995,495 |
| SHEBOYGAN | $10,056,415 |
| FOND DU LAC | $9,764,037 |
| OCONOMOWOC | $8,820,364 |
| OSHKOSH | $7,499,027 |
Top 10 Cities with highest amount per ticket (average amount per ticket, number of tickets)
| PEWAUKEE | $580,595 |
271 |
| KEWAUNEE | $186,130 |
22 |
| WABENO | $150,686 |
7 |
| GORDON | $144,286 |
7 |
| HOLLANDALE | $117,667 |
3 |
| SPRING GREEN | $92,460 |
36 |
| MERRILLIAN | $87,005 |
7 |
| POY SIPPI | $77,846 |
13 |
| MINDORO | $67,333 |
3 |
| MOUNT HOREB | $64,000 |
16 |
Top 10 games by # of tickets
Pick 4 |
8,335 |
Super 2nd Chance |
4,788 |
SuperCash! |
4,206 |
MATCH $1,000 |
3,035 |
HIT $1,000 |
2,447 |
Mega Millions |
1,781 |
$1,000 FAST CASH |
1,662 |
$1,000 BANKROLL |
1,654 |
$1,000 RICHTER! |
1,639 |
$1,000 OVERALL |
1,637 |
“Pick 4” Top 10 Winning Cities
MILWAUKEE |
4,270 |
RACINE |
494 |
MADISON |
312 |
WEST ALLIS |
168 |
KENOSHA |
160 |
GLENDALE |
160 |
BELOIT |
99 |
| WAUWATOSA | 96 |
| WAUKESHA | 94 |
| GREENFIELD | 87 |